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New analysis from MoneySuperMarket reveals the age at which most Brits reach their financial limit, juggling debts and loans.

MoneySuperMarket has revealed that 35 is the financial ‘crunch point’ – the peak age at which Brits are most likely to be juggling the cost of young children with mortgages and loan repayments for cars, holidays and weddings.

While we may not like to admit it, we all Google ourselves from time to time, but did you know it can help you understand your business better?

We’ve all done it – had a sneaky search on Google to see what the internet is saying about us, but now it seems that Google has become an integral tool for businesses wanting to suss out their client-appeal, with 82 per cent of companies admitting to Googling themselves as part of company image control.

Further £7.9 million on offer to develop new ways to improve the rail network for passengers.

Lightweight energy-saving carriages, software telling passengers how busy arriving trains are, and personalised ticket machines that help customers with their ongoing journeys are just some of the projects that have won funding in the government’s railways innovation scheme.

SMEs no longer trust the government to secure a good deal for UK businesses in their Brexit negotiations, with only 35 per cent stating their confidence in the latest Citibase Confidence Index, down nine per cent from the previous quarterly index.

Full fibre networks will offer connection speeds of 1,000 Megabits per second in six areas of the UK.

The first stage of a £200 million scheme to help bring the UK’s fastest and most reliable broadband to businesses, schools and hospitals kicks off today (Sunday 3 September) with the launch of six local pilots.

Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending.

Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending after the government announced the next round of the Coastal Communities Fundtoday (4 September 2017).

Around 11,300 farmers will benefit from a £42 million funding extension as the UK Government guarantees EU funding for another year.

The Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS) supports hill farmers and crofters in difficult to farm areas. The UK Government has confirmed that it will guarantee applications made in 2019, offering financial support and certainty for farmers and crofters in Scotland for another year.

The majority of SME’s struggle to trust traditional lenders, and in fact prefer to invest their own personal funds and savings into the business.

More than a third (35 per cent) of small to medium sized business owners try to avoid borrowing money for their business at all costs. Despite this, the majority (67 per cent) have had to do so in the past 12 months, new research reveals.

The Prime Minister begins a new era of strengthening Britain’s ties and influence in Asia with an ambitious three-day trip to Japan.

The visit will build on the two nations’ strong history of friendship and cooperation as the UK seeks to cement its position as Japan’s strongest security partner in Europe, on Theresa May’s first visit to the country as Prime Minister.

Crawford Falconer will take up his position as the new Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser for the Department for International Trade (DIT) this week.

An internationally recognised trade expert with over 25 years of experience, Crawford will lead trade policy and the development of trade negotiation capability at DIT, following a global recruitment campaign by the department.

Trainline for Business has revealed that the unsung heroes of the workplace, or ‘Office Oracles’, who book business travel, fix printers, and manage the conference call system, are worth £525 million annually to SMEs, with those working within the technology sector worth the most.